Monthly Archives: October 2007

Southwest Flippancy

October 11, 2007 – 2:11 am

John Gruber had this to say about Southwest Airlines’ new boarding pass information site: The numbered boarding passes are a fair change, and should eliminate the silly lines at the gate. But it’s hard to believe a major airline produced something designed like this. It looks like the rules for a Girl Scouts troop. The [...]

By Eric | Posted in Progressive Politics, Random Links | Comments (0)

Obama Rejects Government Secrecy

October 5, 2007 – 11:04 pm

I’ll be casting my Democratic primary ballot for Barack Obama. I can only hope that enough Democrats in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina do the same. I’ll turn the page on a growing empire of classified information, and restore the balance we’ve lost between the necessarily secret and the necessity of openness in a [...]

By Eric | Posted in Progressive Politics | Comments (0)

iPhone Joy and Disappointment

October 5, 2007 – 12:58 am

The day following the infamous $200 iPhone price drop, my only reason for not getting an iPhone vanished and I found myself driving up Campbell Ave. to the Apple Store to buy one. For anyone who hasn’t bought something recently at an Apple Store, you may be in for a bit of a shock. Apple [...]

By Eric | Posted in Computers & Technology | Comments (0)